businessofdesignonline.com — Organization, structure, discipline and habit ? these often seen as threats to creativity. Not to mention corporate-sounding phrases such as ?time management? or ?workflow?. But examine the life of any great artist and you will find evidence of hard work, discipline and a hard-won knowledge of the rules and conventions of their medium.
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konerusNov 10, 2007
very interesting article :)
Closed AccountNov 10, 2007
I'm neither :*-(
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corvidaeNov 10, 2007
Thomas Edison pretty much blows this theory out of the water. Along with half the creative geniuses of history.Organization definitely helped many of the great artists and inventors, but it's not a requirement. The main requirements are talent and intelligence. You're either born with talent or you're not, intelligence you can train to a degree, but the genetic lottery plays a big role too.
digghasnoethicsNov 10, 2007
The article seems to confuse 'focused' with 'organised'. The only requirement for creativity is the ability to focus on chasing down the creative idea when it strikes. It matters not if you have structure, discipline, habit - those are only the means to an end for some people. What matters is you can 'feel' a creative idea forming and can chase it down.For me the disorganisation, the ability to juxtapose wildly different and disconnected concepts is key to creativity. Structure that away and the creativity diminishes.If you want a real suggestion as to how to be more creative:1) immerse yourself in the needs, the concepts, the constraints and the data of the domain you are trying to innovate.2) take some alcohol, not too potent, beer say, and drink slowly.3) aim to keep yourself at the stage where your inhibitions are lowered but your mental faculties are sharp4) let the creativity flow, a whiteboard is best to note and draw5) work over what appears once you're sober.Works better than organisation